After receiving Xiaoying's list, Yan Ning did not act rashly. Instead, he personally selected a group of people who were absolutely impossible to betray him and secretly investigated them. Unexpectedly, in addition to the people on the list, he also discovered a big fish that was hiding in the dark.
“Returning in glory,” Yan Ning read softly from the list, “Fifty-five years old this year, a renowned painter before the apocalypse, with a charming and witty personality, and has had three wives…”
His first wife after his triumphant return was an employee of the Land Bureau, but they divorced due to the breakdown of their relationship. His second wife was an editor at a publishing house, and they had a son and a daughter. His third wife was a wealthy woman whose family had fallen on hard times.
The subordinate said, "Rong Gui's second wife died in a traffic accident, but I found out that his biological son was investigating the matter privately. There may be more to this accident than meets the eye."
Yan Ning pondered for a moment: "There's no time to lose, let's get started now. Separate the others and interrogate them separately!"
"yes!"
...
Why is it so noisy outside?
Su Yao stopped eating and curiously turned his head to look outside.
Banxia listened intently for a while: "The noise is coming from the house next door."
"Ugh, what bad luck!"
Mentioning the neighbors next door elicited disgust from everyone. For some reason, the son of the family next door was a loose tongue who liked to dredge up old wounds, while the mother and daughter went to great lengths to enter strangers' homes. It was a mystery what terrible things they had done to deserve such a bizarre family.
"Nanxing, Nanxing!"
A shrill female voice suddenly came from the doorway, and Banxia couldn't help but frown: "I'll go see!"
I can't take it anymore, let's kill them all! At worst, we'll be kicked out of the base!
“It sounds like they’re calling me,” Nanxing said, startled. “I’ll go with you.”
Seeing this, Su Yao and the others simply changed their clothes as well, wanting to see what kind of trouble the neighbors were up to this time.
Banxia, arm in arm with Nanxing, opened the door. A group of heavily armed soldiers stood at the door next door. The woman who had tried to get close to them every day with a plate of mung bean cakes was struggling fiercely, shouting "Nanxing" in their direction.
She raised an eyebrow slightly: "Why are you calling me husband?"
He Song froze for a second as he struggled, then looked at Nan Xing with a pained yet loving gaze: "Nan Xing, I'm your mother."
Banxia instinctively retorted, "My husband is an orphan, don't try to scam me!"
Nanxing was completely stunned. After he became famous, many people rushed to claim that he was their biological parents, but this was the first time since the apocalypse: "My wife is right!"
He Song almost couldn't maintain his loving expression: "Before you got lost, your favorite food was the mung bean cake that Mom made, don't you remember?"
Su Yao couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What? Doesn't Nanxing never eat mung bean cakes?"
Nanxing nodded: "Yes, I won't eat it."
He eats mung bean paste, mung bean sprouts, and mung bean vermicelli, but never mung bean cakes. As a result, Banxia choked on mung bean cakes when she was a child.
“I know you’re upset that I lost you,” He Song’s face twitched, trying to put on a loving look, “but I didn’t mean to…”
Nanxing interrupted, "What was my name before I got lost?"
He Song was stunned. His lips moved several times, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Banxia grabbed Nanxing's arm and walked into the yard: "Liar!"
"Nanxing, Nanxing—" He Song cried out anxiously as the group left without looking back, "Save me! I know you have a connection with Yan Ning, the base leader..."
Su Yao slammed the door shut, then looked at Nan Xing, hesitantly, and said, "You..."
Nanxing remained calm: "I don't know him. Let's eat."
As for whether they really knew each other, apart from Nanxing himself and Banxia who had a vague guess, no one knew for sure, let alone would delve into it.
Yan Ning acted swiftly, and in just half a month, he had purged the corrupt elements within the base, eliminating those that needed to be eliminated and shutting down those that did.
That day, she found Banxia and the others again and persuaded them to stay at the base for a while longer.
Yan Ning handed several reports to Banxia and the others: "Don't rush to refuse, take a look at this first."
The first few pages contain a rough census report, with data mainly sourced from official bases in various cities. Although not comprehensive, it is still a valuable reference.
Before the apocalypse, the Rabbit Kingdom had approximately 1.4 billion people, but reports indicate that only about 400 million remain. In other words, in less than two years, the Rabbit Kingdom lost 70% of its population.
Yan Ning: "The data in this report was submitted before Ji Han. You can guess without me saying it that the actual remaining population is definitely less than what is reported."
“Furthermore,” she turned to the third-to-last page of the report, “the situation abroad is even worse than in China; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that only one in ten survives.”
During the meteor shower, satellites fell from the sky, and communications were completely cut off. Adding to this, the emergence of zombies—creatures defying all logic—meant that all efforts were consumed solely in rescuing survivors, leaving no energy to focus on other countries.
A while ago, a group of about two hundred people suddenly appeared on the border between Rabbit and Goose.
After some questioning, the Rabbit Kingdom's army learned that due to insufficient preparation and power struggles among the upper echelons, ninety percent of the country's population had turned into zombies.
With more zombies than people and insufficient food, the zombie hordes fought and devoured each other, and within a few months, several zombie kings emerged.
Banxia was unusually curious, as she had never heard of a "Zombie King" in her previous life: "Zombie King? What level of superpower does he have?"
Yan Ning took a deep breath: "Uncertain, but according to experts, it should be between level six and seven!"
Banxia instantly lost interest: "Oh."
The zombies in her space who were training with her had all leveled up to level six in order to avoid being beaten up every day, which meant that the leveling speed of the zombies outside was not very fast.
Yan Ning's expression was serious: "Border soldiers have discovered that the Zombie King is leading his minions towards the border. To prevent the zombie horde from entering our country, we are conscripting soldiers on a large scale to go to the border. I've also signed up and will be heading to the front lines in three days. But—"
She smiled wryly, "After the last beast tide, the Beast King disappeared. I'm afraid it will take advantage of the situation, so I shamelessly asked you to stay in S City for a while longer."
After much deliberation, she realized that the only people she could trust and who were capable of protecting the base were Banxia and her group. After all, they were not only powerful themselves, but also possessed a large number of formidable mutated beasts.
Banxia and the others exchanged glances: "This is no small matter; we need time to discuss it."
How long is "a period of time"? What if it's one or two years or even longer? They can't possibly stay in S City that long.
Yan Ning knew this matter couldn't be rushed: "Alright, I'll come back to find you in a day."
If several people refuse, she can think of other ways.
After seeing Yan Ning off, the group looked at each other, and Banxia was the first to ask, "What are your thoughts?"
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